Active the 2-D view by click the x-y button in toolbox or by clicking any point inside the 2-D window.Ĥ) From draw menu, choose "Draw From Element".
You can close the 3-D windows if you wish. This will display the 3-D and 2-D view window with grid.ģ) 3-D and 2-D views of the model are displayed in vertically tiled adjoining windows. The cross points of the grid will define the necessary joints of your structure. When creating from a new model, follow these steps:ġ) From the File menu, choose the New Model… This will display the window of coordinate system definition.Ģ) In the window of coordinate system definition, enter the appropriate grid information. You can any one of the two windows if you wish. You can activate the one you plan to work in by clicking the window’s title. The screen will refresh and display 3-D and 2-D views of the model in vertically tiled adjoining windows. This will display the template dialog box.Ģ)In this dialog box, choose the appropriate parameters. The other is by creating a completely new model.When creating from a template, follow these steps:ġ.2.1 From File menu, choose New Model from Template… This will display the Model Template dialog box.ġ) Click on the template which most closely resembles the structure you want to analyze. There are two ways to set up the structure’s geometry: The first is from the SAP2000’s templates. the drop down list) in the main window’s status bar, choose the units for this project.
Quick start window to define cylindrical systemĮxample 4: Draw the grid line shown in figure 15.ġ- As mentioned before user needs to define R & ϴ, R is 6 m as shown in figure 10. Cylindrical systems are defined by radius (R) and Theta (ϴ) (see figure 14) To Define a cylindrical system follow these steps:Ģ- Right click ➥ Edit grid data ➥ high light “GLOBAL” ➥ Modify/show system ➥ Quick start.ģ- To draw cylindrical grid choose cylindrical tab.
So learning how to build cylindrical systems is the first thing to be done.īuilding a cylindrical grid is an easy process in SAP. Arches can easily be created using SAP if user learn how to build cylindrical systems.